USA: McDonald's to tell suppliers to cut use of antibiotics - report

US fastfood chain McDonald's will reportedly direct some meat suppliers to stop using antibiotic growth promoters and encourage others to cut back. The policy, which comes in response to warnings that widespread use of antibiotics on US farms is decreasing their effectiveness in human medicine, will focus on the use of antibiotics in animal feed to speed the development of livestock, reported the Washington Post.

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